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package javax.xml.ws;

/**
 * A WebServiceFeature is used to represent a feature that can be
 * enabled or disabled for a web service.
 * <p>
 * The JAX-WS specification will define some standard features and
 * JAX-WS implementors are free to define additional features if
 * necessary.  Vendor specific features may not be portable so
 * caution should be used when using them. Each Feature definition
 * MUST define a <code>public static final String ID</code>
 * that can be used in the Feature annotation to refer
 * to the feature. This ID MUST be unique across all features
 * of all vendors.  When defining a vendor specific feature ID,
 * use a vendor specific namespace in the ID string.
 *
 * @see javax.xml.ws.RespectBindingFeature
 * @see javax.xml.ws.soap.AddressingFeature
 * @see javax.xml.ws.soap.MTOMFeature
 *
 * @since 2.1
 */
public abstract class WebServiceFeature {
    /**
     * Each Feature definition MUST define a public static final
     * String ID that can be used in the Feature annotation to refer
     * to the feature.
     */
    // public static final String ID = "some unique feature Identifier";

    /**
     * Get the unique identifier for this WebServiceFeature.
     *
     * @return the unique identifier for this feature.
     */
    public abstract String getID();

    /**
     * Specifies if the feature is enabled or disabled
     */
    protected boolean enabled = false;

    protected WebServiceFeature() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if this feature is enabled.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if and only if the feature is enabled .
     */
    public boolean isEnabled() {
        return enabled;
    }
}
